Table 1 Parental BMI, socioeconomic position and family structure, by gender, age and weight status of children

1105 (87.1)

163 (12.9)

667 (76.2)

208 (23.8)

1083 (83.0)

222 (17.0)

768 (79.9)

193 (20.1)

Paternal BMI

<25

419 (42.1)

40 (27.0)

227 (39.3)

37 (21.3)

415 (42.5)

54 (27.3)

274 (40.2)

60 (38.0)

25 - <30

465 (46.7)

65 (43.9)

279 (48.3)

95 (54.6)

450 (46.1)

99 (50.0)

323 (47.4)

66 (41.8)

> = 30

112 (11.2)

43 (29.1)

72 (12.5)

42 (24.1)

112 (11.5)

45 (22.7)

84 (12.3)

32 (20.3)

Total N (%)

996 (100)

148 (100)

578 (100)

174 (100)

977 (100)

198 (100)

681 (100)

158 (100)

Maternal BMI

<25

720 (66.5)

70 (44.9)

406 (63.8)

75 (39.3)

700 (66.2)

99 (46.9)

458 (62.7)

82 (45.3)

25 - <30

256 (23.7)

44 (28.2)

171 (26.9)

80 (41.9)

249 (23.5)

67 (31.8)

200 (27.4)

64 (35.4)

> = 30

106 (9.8)

42 (26.9)

59 (9.3)

36 (18.8)

109 (10.3)

45 (21.3)

73 (10)

35 (19.3)

Total N (%)

1082 (100)

156 (100)

636 (100)

191 (100)

1058 (100)

211 (100)

731 (100)

181 (100)

Full-time employed

896 (85.3)

134 (86.5)

533 (86)

160 (83.8)

894 (85.6)

190 (90.9)

615 (84.9)

153 (86.9)

Unemployed

42 (4.0)

4 (2.6)

25 (4.0)

7 (3.7)

46 (4.4)

4 (1.9)

37 (5.1)

5 (2.8)

Other

113 (10.8)

17 (11)

62 (10.0)

24 (12.6)

105 (10.0)

15 (7.2)

72 (9.9)

18 (10.2)

Total N (%)

1051 (100)

155 (100)

620 (100)

191 (100)

1045 (100)

209 (100)

724 (100)

176 (100)

Maternal labour market status

Full-time employed

559 (51)

87 (53.7)

496 (75.5)

150 (72.8)

547 (50.6)

128 (57.9)

555 (73.1)

140 (73.7)

Unemployed

64 (5.8)

14 (8.6)

26 (4.0)

22 (10.7)

90 (8.3)

14 (6.3)

46 (6.1)

6 (3.2)

Other

473 (43.2)

61 (37.7)

135 (20.5)

34 (16.5)

443 (41.0)

79 (35.7)

158 (20.8)

44 (23.2)

Total N (%)

1096 (100)

162 (100)

657 (100)

206 (100)

1080 (100)

221 (100)

759 (100)

190 (100)

Paternal education

Secondary education

519 (50.9)

106 (70.2)

337 (55.2)

117 (64.3)

568 (56.2)

119 (59.2)

397 (58)

106 (63.5)

Lower academic degree

310 (30.4)

30 (19.9)

162 (26.6)

44 (24.2)

267 (26.4)

57 (28.4)

184 (26.9)

45 (26.9)

Upper academic degree

190 (18.6)

15 (9.9)

111 (18.2)

21 (11.5)

176 (17.4)

25 (12.4)

104 (15.2)

16 (9.6)

Total N (%)

1019 (100)

151 (100)

610 (100)

182 (100)

1011 (100)

201 (100)

685 (100)

167 (100)

Maternal education

Secondary education

358 (33.5)

73 (46.8)

246 (38.1)

94 (47.2)

366 (35.4)

84 (39.6)

260 (35.9)

74 (41.3)

Lower academic degree

487 (45.5)

64 (41.0)

289 (44.7)

81 (40.7)

457 (44.2)

98 (46.2)

348 (48.0)

88 (49.2)

Upper academic degree

225 (21.0)

19 (12.2)

111 (17.2)

24 (12.1)

210 (20.3)

30 (14.2)

117 (16.1)

17 (9.5)

Total N (%)

1070 (100)

156 (100)

646 (100)

199 (100)

1033 (100)

212 (100)

725 (100)

179 (100)

Difficult

262 (24.0)

35 (21.9)

146 (22.0)

45 (22.1)

274 (25.6)

49 (22.4)

157 (20.7)

58 (30.9)

Quite easy

453 (41.4)

74 (46.3)

272 (41.0)

94 (46.1)

434 (40.5)

103 (47.0)

342 (45.2)

74 (39.4)

Easy

378 (34.6)

51 (31.9)

245 (37.0)

65 (31.9)

363 (33.9)

67 (30.6)

258 (34.1)

56 (29.8)

Total N (%)

1093 (100)

160 (100)

663 (100)

204 (100)

1071 (100)

219 (100)

757 (100)

188 (100)

Family structure

Nuclear family

904 (82.7)

135 (84.4)

463 (70.9)

146 (71.9)

894 (83.6)

181 (82.3)

550 (72.9)

123 (65.8)

Reconstituted family

45 (4.1)

6 (3.8)

62 (9.5)

11 (5.4)

37 (3.5)

12 (5.5)

59 (7.8)

21 (11.2)

Single parent family

118 (10.8)

18 (11.3)

103 (15.8)

41 (20.2)

117 (10.9)

26 (11.8)

129 (17.1)

36 (19.3)

Others

26 (2.4)

1 (0.6)

25 (3.8)

5 (2.5)

21 (2.0)

1 (0.5)

16 (2.1)

7 (3.7)

Total N (%)

1093 (100)

160 (100)

653 (100)

203 (100)

1069 (100)

220 (100)

754 (100)

187 (100)